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  Hand To God Is a Play About Puppets, Church and the Devil

  August 8 at 4 a.m.

  Texas-born playwright Robert Askins grew up going to church where puppet ministries were used to teach life lessons from the Bible. In his play Hand to God, Askins explores the complex duality of human nature and the battle against the self. He created a little puppet named Tyrone to ask...

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  AT&T Performing Announces Fourth Season of The Elevator Project

  July 26 at 1:21 p.m.

  The AT&T Performing Arts Center has plenty of space. Its website says it is the “largest contiguous arts district in the United States.” It includes the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Annette Strauss Square, and Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park. In 2014,...

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  Theater Veterans Ashley White and Joe Messina Start Imprint Theatreworks

  July 18 at 4 a.m.

  “Alive. Thrilled. Grateful. Exhausted. Unbelieving.” These are just a few of the words Ashley White uses to describe how she is feeling halfway through Imprint Theatreworks’ inaugural season. “There's such a myriad of emotions," she says. "It's similar to having a child — you've created this thing.” Imprint's first season began...

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  Bath House Cultural Center Hosts FIT for Theater Companies Without Homes

  July 11 at 4 a.m.

  On four of the hottest weekends of the Dallas summer, the Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake will host some of the city’s most forward-thinking performers and artists when Dallas’ Festival of Independent Theatres returns for its 20th iteration. This year, the festival will also feature two art...

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  High School Students Interviewed Parents of Mass Shooting Victims for New Play, Babel

  July 6 at 4 a.m.

  What do we do about gun violence? That’s the question 20 or so high school students from Dallas’ Cry Havoc Theater Company set out to answer. They wanted to begin a conversation about guns and gun ownership with people involved in the debate surrounding one of the most divisive issues...

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  Just B.E. Productions, Carrollton's First Theater Company, Is Run by College Students

  June 18 at 4 a.m.

  A group of longtime friends gathers around the dinner table at Ben Stegmair’s two-story house, which sits on cul-de-sac in Carrollton. With laptops and notes in front of them, they rehearse lines in preparation to take the stage for their upcoming inaugural production of Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. Stegmair,...